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Google is an international technology company whose mission is ‘to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful’. Since its founding, the company has committed itself to ensuring that employees (known as ‘Googlers’) are ‘able to keep creating, inventing, finding solutions, breaking boundaries, and realising new technologies we never even imagined possible’.
Barclays Bank Plc has established a thriving culture of corporate responsibility and recognises the positive impact that investment in local communities brings to the individuals in those communities and to their workforce. Their commitment to making a difference beyond giving money provides a range of exciting opportunities for staff to improve their skills and get involved with issues that they care passionately about.
The Talent Foundation is a network of people interested in the development of talent at work. We are involved in a number of formal and informal projects to find new ways of exploring the issues of talent development. Our network is drawn from bothe the private and public sectors.
United Biscuits
United Biscuits (UB) is one of the world’s pre-eminent branded snacks businesses. We produce some of the best known and loved sweet and savoury snacks, with products ranging from biscuits and crackers to cakes and savoury snacks.
Moy Park
Poultry processor based at Craigavon, N.I. and with further sites in the UK, France and Holland.
Mersey Travel
Merseytravel works to promote the interests of Merseyside’s travelling public.
Whitbread Group PLC
Whitbread PLC is the UK’s leading hospitality company.
J Sainsbury plc is a leading UK food retailer with interests in financial services.
RWE npower is the UK’s largest electricity supplier, and has around 12,000 employees across 60 sites. RWE npower generates electricity and supplies gas, electricity and related services to around 6.8 million customers through its retail business npower. The company operates and manages a flexible portfolio of power stations, and is a market leader in renewable energy development. The Operational Customer Services function is located in 5 contact centres in the North East of England and currently employees around 2200 staff.
Bodycare Stores
Bodycare Stores is a health and beauty retailer with 1,600 employees and a turnover of £123 million.
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